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Plate 14: Crowning of the Virgin, detail of the apse mosaic by Jacopo Torriti in Sta. Maria Maggiore, Rome, 1295.
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Jacopo Torriti

Italian mosaicist

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contribution to Byzantine art

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    In mosaic: Medieval mosaics in western Europe

    The mosaics by Jacopo Torriti in the apse of the basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore (c. 1290–1305) are among the finest of these. They show a mingling of Western medieval and Early Christian iconographical features, such as a scene of the crowning of the Virgin surrounded by the…

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